On our "Caution Wet Floor" signs at the office (which always seem to be in the hallway...) they caution you to "wetness" in three different languages.
I have absolute OCD when it comes to reading words in front of me. If I'm driving behind a truck I read the logo over and over again. I turn my water bottles "name side" away from me so I don't spend all day chanting "deer park, deer park, deer park" and finally anytime I walk anywhere if I see a word or collection of words I read them. Every. Single. Time.
Unfortunately I see the wet floor signs no less than 385 times a day so I can with confidence warn three separate groups of people of impending danger. Now I have no idea what the other two languages are but I am tempted to try it out.
The next time I see a foreign person I think I'll look terrified, cover my head and scream "CAUTION! ACHTUNG! CUIDADO!" If they in turn look horrified and run for their lives I'm pretty sure I can consider myself trilingual. (At least when it comes to warning of wetness).
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